Parcel bag



April 3, 1928.

1,665,035 c. P. KLEEBAUER ET AL PARCEL BAG Filed March 2, 1925 ai Robert/1 Lac/2e I A TTOR/VEV Patented Apr. 3, 1928.

- CHARLES R'KLEEBAUER; on 'ooHoEs, AND nonnnirfrig naoknyhon WeTa i.roan. new

year; assrenon's' :ro cottons ENVELOPE co.,"1nc., r canons, nnw yqnx, neon;

rona'rron on NEW YORK.

1 Application filed March 2, 1925. Serial N0.-12,519.

.Among the principal objects which'the present invention hasin view are: to pros vide a bag of the character mentioned with a handle formed from parts of thebag body;

to provide a handlehaving meansfor pro tecting'the hand ofl'he shopper from abrasion by theraw edges thereof; and to furnish means for locking the bag; and for maintaining the locked position of the bag. 1"

w Drawing s.

Figure 1 is a perspective view ofJafrag-c ment of a bag. constructed and arranged in accordance; with the present' invention, show intheflap in open position. V,

igure 2 is an elevation of a section of :1

ba with the fla disposed in closed and loc'ed osition il ustrating the handle and the padding thereof.

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the top of a bag showing the front of the bag with the flap in closed position.

F lgure 4 1s a side View of a patch member.

employed in theconstruction of the handle and locking. feature. 4

purchased parcels. In. the construction of such bags as herein disclosed a continuous web or sheet of pa er is'employed, and at intervals correspon in with the length of the web from which t e bag is to be constructed and including both the front and back sections thereof, there are placed or adhered patches of material relatively w stouter and tougher than that from which the bag bodies are constructed. Subsequently these sections are severed from the web, the line of severance providing edges the counterparts of each other. I

The bag consists of a front portion 11 having a flap 12 secured to the upper end there-' of, and a back portion 13, the front and back I'ARcEnnAG 12 cut away. as

fOIllSQlIl stores] or other einporiumsfor the. reception of and ready transportat on of the portion the'front thereof'up and terminating.withuthe edge of theflap 12,:halving centrally formed therein 'a recess 15,. lies-til l NSt-Yal'etl' in Figure 4,.and5 as: shown, the patch is'cut to provide a hahdlelti, a guard member1?;andhandle pad 18.

The upper end of the front portion ll of Tlielconliguration ofxthe patch la is Y the bagand the adjacent. portion of the'fiap' at 19' to provide a-finger opening below the handle "16, andrwhen the handle is -in use the flap '18 is bent upwardly and extended through'the aperture 15) to assume the positions illustrated inFigures 1 and 2, whereby the lower edge of the handle 16 will be, cushioned for the hand of the, shopper. It is understood that the flap 121's cut along. the lines of thehandle :16 and flaplii so thatthe closure flap 12 may be folded over. thc'back of the bag to engagethe' tab 20 formedin the back of the bag.

on theinncr face of the rearwall 13 of the-bag isaflixed asecond'patch 21 cut to provide a durt22 having wings 28 and24 to I engage or rest over the adjacentportions of the patch 14jwhen theflap 12 is bent down in v s closed position V Bagsconstructed and arrangedinaccordance' with the present invention are designed The dart 22;v isdrawn through the opening.

17;, which is formed ting out therefrom the guardvmember 17. By drawingthe. dart 22thus, down into the in the patch letby catopening 17% av firmer lock is formed, and one less likely to become disengaged.

The upper edge of the patch 21 and adjacent portion of the back of the bag 13 is provided with a tab 25 to assist in drawing the dart down into and through the openin 17. When. the guard member 17 is severe from the body of the bag, a ridge 17 is pressed or scored therein to impart a resiliency to this part of the structure, which will cause the guard to lay against the dart 22 when the same is disposed actively in the opening 17.

In operation after the parcels have been placed in the bag, the flap 12 is folded over the back of the bag, the handle 16 being left standing. The tab 25. is then engaged by the operator and the dart 22 is then pulled backward through the opening formed in the patch 14 and body material associated therewith, remaining after the handle ldhas been removed therefrom. The dart 22 is ting the also drawn through the opening 17' which remains in the patch 14 when the guard member 17 is displaced. The upper end of the guard member 17 yields to permit this movement of the dart 22 until the wings 23 and 24 of the dart can be drawn over the adjacent portions of the flap 12 as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. When the wings 23 and 24 are thus drawn through the opening 17, the dart 22 is raised to" the position shown in Figure 2 of the drawings permituard member 17 to resume approximate y its original raised position. To

this end the ridge 17 assists in restoring the guard member 17 to its original position by imparting thereto an added resiliency.

It will also be observed that when the fla 12 is turned over upon the back 13, theta 20 is forced outward to permit the recessed portion of the flap 12 to enter between the said tab and the body of the back 13.

v The engagement by the tab 20 thus effected materially assists in retaining the flap in closed or locked position.

We claim:

1. A bag as characterized having a front, a back, and a closure flap integrally formed with said front, said front, back and flap having reinforced coordinating sections, and means for locking said flap in service, said means embodying a dart partially severed from the reinforced section of said back, said dart' having laterally extending wings, and said flap having an aperture formed therein, said aperture having a relatively narrow recess, offset from said aperture; and

40 a closing said recess for engaging said dart t0 means for drawing said dart intonand through said recess to permit said wings overlapping the body of said flap adjacent said recess; and a guard member normally hold the same in locking position.

2'. A bag as characterized having a front, a back, and a closure flap integrally formed with said front, said front, back and fla having reinforced coordinating sections, an

means for locking said flap in service, saidmeans embodying a dart partially severed from the reinforced section of said back,

said dart having laterally extending wings, and said flap having an aperture formed therein, said aperture having a relatively narrow recess oifset from said aperture; and means for drawing said dart in? and through said recess to permit said wings overlapping the body of said flap adjacent said recess; and a guard member normally closing said recess for engaging said dart to hold the same in locking position, and a retainer member formed on said back ada t ed to enga e' the lower edge of said ap when said (Tap is in closed position.

3. A bag as characterized havin a front a back, and a closure flap integralFy (i with said front, said front, back and flap having reinforced coordinating sections, and means for locking said flap in service, said means embodying a dart partially severed from the reinforced section of'said back, said dart having laterally extending wings, and said-flap having an aperture formed therein, said aperture having a relatively narrow recess, offset from said a rture; and means for drawing said dart in recess to permit said wings overlapping the body of said flap adjacent said recess; and a guard member normally closin said recess for engaging said dart to hol the same in looking position, and a retainer member formed on said back adapted to on age the lower edge of said flap when said fi ap is in closed position, said retainer member being a resilient tab-like section partially severed to be forced. outward from said back to engage the free edge ;of said flap tohold the 85 forme and through said 

